{"id":1220166,"url":"https://alion.io/job/dtcc-director-software-engineering-cloud-modernization","title":"Director, Software Engineering & Cloud Modernization","company":{"id":1759477,"name":"Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation","domain":"dtcc.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/dtcc-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":null},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Jersey City, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":162000,"max_usd":301000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":1323},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"AWS","optional":true},{"name":"Azure","optional":true},{"name":"Java","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T21:14:49Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T02:20:03Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?\nDo you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.\nThe Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.\nPay and Benefits:\nCompetitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive\nComprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location\nPension / Retirement benefits\nPaid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.\nDTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).\nThe Impact You Will Have in This Role\nAs Director, Software Engineering, you will lead the strategy, modernization, and delivery of mission-critical enterprise applications that power DTCC's core business capabilities. You will oversee multiple engineering teams responsible for building and evolving scalable, secure, and resilient software platforms that support innovation, operational excellence, and business growth.\nThis is a highly visible leadership role where you will partner with leaders across Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and the Business to define technology strategy, accelerate modernization initiatives, and deliver high-impact solutions. You will play a critical role in advancing DTCC's technology transformation agenda by driving cloud adoption, modern engineering practices, and AI-enabled innovation across the enterprise.\nThe ideal candidate is a transformational technology leader with deep software engineering expertise, a passion for developing high-performing teams, and a proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale solutions that create measurable business value.\nYour Primary Responsibilities:\nEngineering Leadership & Strategy\nDefine and execute software engineering strategy, technology roadmaps, and delivery priorities aligned with business objectives.\nLead, mentor, and develop engineering managers and high-performing software engineering teams.\nFoster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\nDrive portfolio execution by managing priorities, delivery risks, dependencies, and resource planning.\nApplication Development & Modernization\nLead the design, development, modernization, and support of large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems.\nDrive cloud transformation initiatives that improve scalability, resilience, performance, and maintainability while reducing technical debt.\nGuide architecture and design decisions involving cloud-native technologies, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and containerized platforms.\nChampion software engineering excellence through architecture reviews, development standards, code quality practices, automated testing, and engineering metrics.\nEstablish and promote modern DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, and software delivery best practices.\nEnsure solutions meet the highest standards for availability, performance, security, compliance, and operational excellence.\nBusiness Partnership & Innovation\nPartner closely with Product Owners, Business Leaders, Architects, and Technology teams to deliver solutions that address evolving business needs.\nTranslate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions that drive measurable outcomes.\nEvaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, to improve engineering productivity and accelerate innovation.\nInfluence technology investment decisions and long-term modernization strategies across the organization.\nOrganizational Influence\nCollaborate with executive stakeholders to shape technology strategy and engineering priorities.\nCommunicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.\nPromote strong governance, risk management, and operational discipline across engineering organizations.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. \n10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including leadership of large-scale enterprise application development organizations and engineering managers.\nProven experience leading multiple engineering teams delivering large-scale software platforms and business-critical applications. \nDemonstrated success building, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering organizations.\nTalent Needed for Success\nDeep expertise designing, building, scaling, and modernizing enterprise software applications. \nProven experience leading enterprise application development organizations across multiple products, platforms, or business domains. \nStrong technical leadership in application architecture, cloud-native development, microservices, APIs, distributed systems, and modern software design patterns. \nExperience leading full-stack engineering teams and large-scale modernization initiatives.\nStrong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, performance engineering, and production support. \nProven ability to align technology investments and architectural decisions with business outcomes. \nDemonstrated success developing engineering leaders and fostering highly engaged, high-performing teams. \nStrong executive presence, communication skills, and stakeholder management capabilities. \nStrategic mindset with the ability to balance modernization, innovation, risk management, and execution. \nExperience leveraging AI, automation, and engineering productivity tools to improve software delivery and operational efficiency. \nInclusive leadership style that values collaboration, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience building and operating enterprise applications on AWS, Azure, or other cloud-native platforms.\nExperience leading large-scale Java-based full-stack application development organizations. \nExperience modernizing legacy platforms and migrating enterprise applications to cloud-native architectures. \nExpertise in microservices, API-first design, event-driven architectures, and containerized environments. \nExperience implementing AI-enabled capabilities, intelligent automation, or advanced analytics solutions. \nFinancial Services, Capital Markets, FinTech, or other highly regulated industry experience.\nThe salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 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